SummaryKyle Barnes (Patrick Fugit) has been suffering from demonic possessions his entire life. With the help of Reverend Anderson (Philip Glenister), Kyle seeks answers that could end life on Earth in this TV adaptation of the comic created by Robert Kirkman and Paul Azaceta.
SummaryKyle Barnes (Patrick Fugit) has been suffering from demonic possessions his entire life. With the help of Reverend Anderson (Philip Glenister), Kyle seeks answers that could end life on Earth in this TV adaptation of the comic created by Robert Kirkman and Paul Azaceta.
Outcast is incredibly visceral, both in its scenes of demonic possession and in the punch-happy tactics of the titular amateur exorcist. But it's also a tense, meditative psychological drama about trauma, redemption and belief, with nuanced performances throughout and a grim but arresting visual style that is not without flashes of humor.
Fugit is great as Kyle, the character around whom Outcast pivots. You've got to believe this guy is real to buy into the series, and the Utah native delivers a performance that makes the series work.
Judging from the beginning, it's going to be a superb horror show !! Well directed, gives the viewer enough chills to come back wanting more. Nice cinematography and photography. Along with the Preacher, they'll be the tv horror shows for this summer.
Did some idiot really complain that the show's leads are two white men? Lol, it's 2016 everyone! Anyway, pretty great show. The small town south is treated relatively realistically for once, and the diversity involved feels natural and not forced. Amazingly, even Christianity is treated with some respect! By golly, this may be the first genuinely progressive show in years! Outcast is dark and disturbing and the paranormal elements are quite intense, but there is a real sense of humanity here too, and some of the scenes involving the broken family can be pretty heart wrenching. I thought the acting was great, and most of the actors actually nail their regional southern accents, which is a feat so rarely accomplished in hollyweird that it may have only been done properly once before, in True Detective season one. I'd highly recommend this show to anyone who enjoys spooky slow-burners ... unless of course the fact that the leads aren't transgendered Muslim black women offends you. If that's the case, this show probably isn't for you.
In its second and third episodes, the material periodically drags to a crawl while laying the bedrock foundation for forthcoming action. And its habit of leaving key details and interpersonal dynamics vague borders on irritating. Though it resumes building momentum by the end of its fourth chapter, there’s a sense that the show requires somewhat more vigorous storytelling.
This is the sort of unrelenting frightfest that finds menace in objects as ordinary as a Hummel figurine. Before long, you may cringe whenever anyone goes to open a closet or pantry door. [6-19 Jun 2016, p.19]
Kyle gives Outcast dimension, but Anderson makes it vital. Unfortunately, the crowded script slows them down. Too often, Outcast, like it’s demons, depends on the terrifying seductions of possession to hold our attention.
Was really worried that this would just be another "The Walking Dead" or something like that, so I was absolutely pleased to see that "Outcast" is a dark show that has a very art-house horror vibe to it, making for some really interesting comic book TV. So far im really invested to see where the story goes and can't wait to see more.
After the first couple of episodes, I would have given it a 9, but 4 or 5 in, I feel like it's losing its momentum and much of the magical feel that it started with. Too much focus on the reverend is boring. Also, the plot line dealing with the sheriff's friend - who burned the shed to get rid of evidence - just feels like it's going nowhere fast. I'm getting the feeling that there's no "point" to be found in the series. but I'm in it for the long haul.
The acting is good and the premise is enthralling, they just don't have enough plot to keep it moving forward. It's just episode after episode of everyone being really tense with no big payoffs, or reveals about how this universe works. I've go a sneaking suspicion the writers themselves haven't nailed down the rules governing everything, and that they're going to pull one of those crap moves and eventually say, "It was all about the interpersonal relationships, not about a supernatural story, and how provincial of you to think otherwise." At which point the critics nod sagely and declare how provincial we all were to think otherwise. But that mind trick only works on the weak minded, and I call BS on it every time. Come up with a plot or take a hike.
I finished this show angry and frustrated. The tree initial episodes are good, but somewhere it just became boring, confused and awfully slowed, which is surprising for a 10 episodes show. The supporting characters are bad and with no believable intentions, the tension necessary for the ending wasn't build right, and the main characters are so stupid giving the feeling that they are running around instead going further. The worst for me was that since the beginning questions where made, lost in the absolutely nothing that filled episodes 4,5,6,7,8 and 9 to just be lifted again in the end with no answers.
I thought the first couple set a good stage for a show, but since then it is just a whole lot of nothing happening and no one interesting other than the main character to be interested. The problem is, they spend remarkably little time on him. This seems to suffer from the same issue(s) as the latest seasons of TWD where relationships, dialog, and information are spread too thin and they think they series can hold up it's own without content.